We will have a round, and a round,
We will have a pretty, pretty girl,
For to dance upon the ground.
Her shoes are made of morocco,
Her stockings lined with silk,
Her teeth are white as anything,
And her skin as white as milk.
We shall have a round, and a round, &c.
—Auchterarder, N. B. (Miss E. S. Haldane).
A ring is formed by players joining hands. Two other players dance round the ring in opposite directions, singing the first four lines while the ring stands still. Then the ring dances round singing the rest of the lines. The two outside then each take a player from the ring and begin again.
The words of the dance game, “[Here we go around],” vol. i. p. 205, are practically the same as the latter part of this, and suggests that this or a similar round is its original.
Jolly Miller.
This is played with the usual double ring, boys on the outside, girls inside, one child in centre. At the last a rush is made to obtain a vacant place.
He was a jolly miller,
He lived by himself.
As the wheel went round, he made his wealth,
One hand in his pocket, the other at his back,
As the mill went round, he made his wealth.
The girls being in the inside, turn and go the opposite way; and, while doing so, sing—
A hunting we will go,
A hunting we will go,
We’ll catch a little fox, and we’ll put him in a box,
And a hunting we will go.